Navigation system for vehicle, navigation method thereof, user terminal and information providing method thereof

ABSTRACT

A navigation method includes receiving additional information satisfying a condition based on a current position of the user terminal, and indicating a position corresponding to the additional information on a navigation map.

PRIORITY

This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Korean PatentApplication No. 10-2011-0138711, filed on Dec. 20, 2011, in the KoreanIntellectual Property Office, the content of which is incorporatedherein by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to a navigation system andmethod, and more particularly, to a navigation system and method forvehicles which is capable of interlocking with a user terminal, and aninformation providing method thereof.

2. Description of the Related Art

With the development of electronic technology, various types ofelectronic appliances have been mounted and used in various types ofvehicles. An example of such an appliance is a navigation system, whichrecognizes a current position of a vehicle and guides a user to adestination using map information.

The navigation system provides a navigation function as well asadditional functions such as a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)reception function, a reproducing function of a moving image file, andan audio image file. The navigation system may be purchased separatelyfrom a vehicle and mounted on the vehicle or may be mounted on thevehicle inherently.

Recently, with the development of a Social Network Service (SNS), userseasily collect position information for various places through userterminals. For example, users collect position information for favoriterestaurants and for friends provided from various applications.

Accordingly, there is a need for a method of enhancing a user'sconvenience by setting information for various positions collected bythe user terminal as a destination when driving a vehicle.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has been made to overcome the above disadvantagesand other disadvantages not described above.

The present invention discloses a method of providing a navigationsystem for vehicles which is capable of improving a user's safety andconvenience by interlocking with a user terminal, a navigation methodthereof, a user terminal and an information providing method thereof.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided anavigation method of a navigation system, including receiving additionalinformation satisfying a condition based on a current position of theuser terminal, and indicating a position corresponding to the additionalinformation on a navigation map.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided amethod of providing information of a user terminal which is interlockedwith a navigation terminal, the method including searching a position ofthe user terminal, searching additional information satisfying acondition based on information for the position, and transmitting thesearched additional information to the navigation system.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided anavigation system that is interlocked with a user terminal, thenavigation system including a storage unit that stores navigation mapinformation, a searching unit that searches a position of the navigationapparatus, a communication interface unit that is connected to the userterminal and receives additional information satisfying a conditionbased on a current position of the user terminal, a control unit thatindicates a position corresponding to the additional information on anavigation map, and a display unit that displays the navigation map.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided auser terminal that is interlocked with a navigation system, the userterminal including a searching unit that searches a position of the userterminal, a control unit that searches additional information satisfyinga condition based on the position of the user terminal, and acommunication interface unit that transmits the searched additionalinformation to the navigation system.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and/or other aspects will be more apparent by describing indetail embodiments of the present invention with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates an operation of a navigation system according to anembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a configuration of a navigation system according toan embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 illustrates a configuration of a user terminal according to anembodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 4A to 4I illustrate examples of a screen provided by a navigationsystem according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 illustrates a navigation method according to an operation commandfor a radial axis according to an embodiment of the present invention;and

FIG. 6 illustrates an information providing method according to anembodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described inmore detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In thefollowing description, same reference numerals are used for the sameelements when they are depicted in different drawings. The mattersdefined in the description, such as detailed construction and elements,are provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of theembodiments. Thus, it is apparent that the embodiments can be performedwithout those specifically defined matters. Also, functions or elementsknown in the related art are not described in detail for the sake ofclarity and conciseness.

FIG. 1 illustrates an operation of a navigation system according to anembodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a navigationsystem 100 is mounted in the inside of a vehicle 10. The navigationsystem 100 may be manufactured as a separate apparatus and connected tothe inside of the vehicle 100. Alternatively, the navigation system maybe built in the vehicle 10 inherently.

The navigation system 100 may receive additional information from a userterminal 200 and display the received additional information on anavigation map. When a user command for selecting the additionalinformation displayed on the navigation map is received, the navigationsystem 100 provides navigation function to a position in which theadditional information is indicated.

The additional information may be various information collected by theuser terminal 200 and include position information and time informationrelated to the user terminal 200.

For example, the additional information may include information forrecommended restaurants, restaurants to which coupon are to beapplicable, friends, bus stops, and subway stations, which are collectedthrough various applications by the user terminal 200.

Therefore, additional information collected by the user terminal may beintegrally displayed in the navigation system 100 and set as adestination and thus a user's convenience is improved.

The user terminal 100 searches additional information satisfying acondition and provides the searched additional information to thenavigation system 100.

Specifically, the user terminal 200 may search only additionalinformation satisfying a constant condition in which a distance betweena position related to the additional information and a current positionis within a distance range, in which time information related to theadditional information is within a time range on the basis of a currenttime, in which the additional information is provided by a specificuser. The user terminal 200 may provide the searched additionalinformation satisfying the constant condition to the navigation terminal100.

FIG. 2 illustrates a configuration of a navigation system according toan embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the navigation system 100 includes a storage unit110, a position-searching unit 120, a communication interface unit 130,a display unit 140, and a control unit 150. The storage unit 110 storesnavigation map information, a navigation firmware, other applications,and data. In addition, the storage unit 110 may store contents relatedto additional information selected when performing a navigation functionby a user.

The position-searching unit 120 searches a position of the navigationsystem 100. Specifically, the position-searching unit 120 may include aglobal positioning system (GPS) module to search the position using aGPS signal. The GPS module receives signals transmitted from a pluralityof GPS satellites to calculate a distance between the each satellite andthe navigation system 100 using a difference between a transmitted timeand a received time.

The position-searching unit may calculate a current position of thenavigation system 100 using a calculation method such as trilaterationby integrally taking the calculated distance between each of theplurality of satellites and the navigation system 100 and a position ofeach satellite into consideration. In the specification, since thenavigation system 100 may be mounted on a vehicle e-axis direction, theposition of the navigation system 100 is considered to be the same as aposition of the vehicle.

The communication interface unit 130 is configured to be connected tothe user terminal 200 in a wired/wireless manner and performcommunication with the user terminal 200. Specifically, thecommunication interface unit 130 may perform communication with the userterminal 200 using a Universal Serial Bus (USB) specification,Bluetooth®, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), and other known wired/wirelessprotocols.

In particular, the communication interface unit 130 may be connected tothe user terminal 200 and receive additional information satisfying acondition based on a current position of the user terminal. Here, theadditional information may include information for good restaurants,information for restaurants to which coupon are to be applicable,information for friends, information for bus stops, information forsubway station, and the like, which are collected through variousapplications by the user terminal 200. Position information and timeinformation related to the user terminal 200 are included in theabove-information.

For example, when the additional information is information for a goodrestaurant, the communication interface unit 130 may receive informationfor a position, a name, business hours, menu prices, an image, and anapplicable coupon of the good restaurant from the user terminal 200.

Alternatively, when the additional information is information for afriend, the user interface unit 130 may receive position information ofthe friend, personal information of the friend, time informationcorresponding to corresponding position, information for a photo image,information for a text, and the like from the user terminal 200.

The control unit 150 displays the position corresponding to theadditional information on the navigation map. Specifically, the controlunit 150 displays the position corresponding to the additionalinformation on the navigation map using the position informationincluded in the additional information, the position searched by theposition-searching unit 120, the navigation map information stored inthe storage unit 110.

In this case, the control unit 150 may configure the navigation map toallow the additional information to be displayed on the positioncorresponding to the additional information.

For example, when the additional information is information for a goodrestaurant, the control unit 150 may combine and display at least one ofa Graphic User Interface (GUI), a name, and an image presenting the goodrestaurant at the position corresponding to the good restaurant on thenavigation map.

Alternatively, when the additional information is information for afriend, the control unit 150 may combine and display a GUI and a photoimage representing the friend at the position corresponding to theposition information for the friend on the navigation map.

The above-described additional information may be collected through atleast one of an SNS and a special web site by the user terminal 200.

The additional information received by communication interface unit 130may be additional information satisfying a condition based on thecurrent position of the user terminal 200. Specifically, the additionalinformation satisfying the condition may denote information in which thedistance between the current position of the user terminal and theposition corresponding to the additional information is within thedistance range.

According to another embodiment, the communication interface unit 130may receive additional information in which the time information iswithin the time range on the basis of the current time.

According to another embodiment, the communication interface unit 130may receive the additional information including the positioninformation pre-stored in the user terminal 200 and provided by the useramong the position information collected by the SNS.

The additional information received by the communication interface unit130 according to various embodiments will be described with reference toFIG. 3 below.

The control unit 150 displays the navigation map through the displayunit 140. The navigation map may be displayed as a two-dimensional (2D)image or a 3D image according to a specification of the navigationsystem 100. The control unit 150 may include a rendering module (notshown) to configure the navigation map. However, such a configuration isalready known and thus a description and illustration thereof will beomitted.

The control unit 150 may control the display apparatus 140 on thenavigation map to receive various pieces of information for executingthe navigation function. The user may select a destination through aUser Interface (UI) screen and may select one route when several routesare set to the destination.

Specifically, when the selection command for the position correspondingto the additional information indicated on the navigation map isreceived, the control unit 150 may control the display unit 140 todisplay a navigation screen for guiding the route to the positioncorresponding to the additional information.

That is, the control unit 150 searches the route to the positioncorresponding to the additional information using the positioninformation included in the additional information, the positioninformation searched by the position-searching unit 120, and thenavigation map information stored in the storage unit 110. The controlunit 150 may configure the navigation screen indicating the searchedroute and display the navigation screen through the display unit 140. Ifnecessary, the control unit 150 may output a voice for route guidancethrough a speaker (not shown) together with the navigation screen.

The control unit 150 may display various types of UIs related to thenavigation function according to the user command.

Specifically, the control unit 150 may control the display unit 140 todisplay the UI including the information for the distance between thecurrent position of the user terminal 200 and the position correspondingto the additional information according to the user command. The userterminal 200 may be connected to the navigation apparatus 100 mounted onthe vehicle through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) specification,Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi, for example, and thus the position of the userterminal 200 is considered to be the same as the position of thenavigation system 100.

Therefore, the information for the distance between the positioncorresponding to the additional information and the current position ofthe navigation system 100 and thus a user' convenience is improved inexecuting the navigation function.

FIG. 3 illustrates a configuration of a user terminal according to anembodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the userterminal 200 includes a position-searching unit 210, a communicationinterface unit 220, and a control unit 230.

The position-searching unit 210 searches a position of the user terminal200. Specifically, the position-searching unit 210 may include a GPSmodule to search the position using a GPS signal. The description forthe GPS module has been made in the description of the navigation system100 and the repeated description will be omitted.

According to another embodiment, the position-searching unit 210 mayreceive the position of the navigation system 100 through thecommunication interface unit 220. That is, the position of the userterminal 200 is considered to be the same as the position of thenavigation system 100 mounted in the vehicle and thus theposition-searching unit 210 may set the received position of thenavigation system 100 to the position of the user terminal 200.

The control unit 230 searches additional information satisfying acondition based on the position of the user terminal 200. Here, thecondition satisfying the condition is information that the distancebetween the current position of the user terminal 200 and the positioncorresponding to the additional information is within the distancerange.

Specifically, the control unit 230 may access an SNS or a specific website through applications that are to be executable by the user terminal200 and search and collect various additional information. Thus, theuser terminal 200 may separately include a wireless communication moduleconfigured to access the SNS and the specific web site through theInternet or similar channels.

The additional information may include information for good restaurants,information for restaurants to which coupon are to be applicable,information for friends, information for bus stops, information forsubway station, and the like, which are collected through variousapplications by the user terminal 200. The position information and thetime information related to the user terminal 200 are included in theabove-described information.

For example, the control unit 230 may search information for a goodrestaurant including a position, a name, business hours, menu prices, animage, and an applicable coupon of the recommended restaurant throughapplications for the recommended restaurant.

Alternatively, the control unit 230 may access an SNS through anapplication for an SNS and search information for other people(hereinafter friends), which establish the relation on the SNS,including position information, time information corresponding to acorresponding position (that is, time information in which the positioninformation is uploaded), personal information, photo images, texts forthe friends.

The control unit 230 performs filtering on the searched additionalinformation based on the current position of the user terminal 200 andthe position information included in the additional information. Thatis, the control unit 230 only additional information including positioninformation which is present within a distance range on the basis of thecurrent position of the user terminal 200 through the filtering. Thedistance range may be set by the user. Thus, the control unit 230 maysearch and collect the additional information by taking the currentposition of the user terminal 200 into consideration.

The controller 230 may search the additional information in which timeinformation related to the additional information is within a time rangeon the basis of a current time. The time range is a value set by theuser. The time ranges may be set to have different values or the samevalues according to the additional information. That is, the controlunit 230 may collect the additional information by performing filteringon the searched additional information on the basis of the current time.

The control unit 230 may search information for recommended restaurantsthat are open until after one hour from now based on business hours ofthe recommended restaurant collected through applications for therecommended restaurant.

Alternatively, when the additional information is collected throughapplications for an SNS, the control unit 230 may search information forfriends in which time information, in which the position information isuploaded to an SNS, is within one hour from a current time.

In this case, data in which the information is uploaded may not be takeninto consideration. That is, when a current time is 6:00 PM, the controlunit 230 may search friend information in which the time, in which theposition information is uploaded, is included in 3:00 PM to 4:00 PMwithout considering the uploaded data.

The additional information that includes the position informationcollected from at least one of an SNS and a specific web site has beendescribed above.

Accordingly, the control unit 230 may search the additional informationincluding the position information pre-stored in the user terminal 200and provided by the user among the position information collected froman SNS. That is, the control unit 230 compares contact informationstored in the user terminal 200 with personal information of the userobtained from an SNS and collects information in which the contactinformation is pre-stored in the user terminal 200 and uploaded to theSNS by the user. Therefore, it is possible to collect the additionalinformation by considering contact and personal information.

For example, when a friend 1 and a friend 2 upload their positioninformation to a user account of the user terminal 200 in the SNS,respectively, the control unit 230 may filter information for the friend2 and collect only information for the friend 1 stored in the userterminal 200.

The control unit 230 may transmit the searched additional information tothe navigation system 100 through the communication interface unit 220.Specifically, the communication interface unit 220 is configured to beconnected to the navigation in a wired/wireless manner and performcommunication with the navigation system 100. Specifically, thecommunication interface unit 120 may perform communication with thenavigation system 100 using a Universal Serial Bus (USB) specification,Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi, and other known wired/wireless protocols.

FIGS. 4A to 4I illustrate examples of a screen provided by thenavigation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the navigation system 100 turns on and displays thebackground screen 310. Additional information menu 311 may be displayedin the background screen 310 together with other menus.

When the user selects the additional information menu 311, as shown inFIG. 4B, a navigation map, in which a GUI 321 representing a position ofthe navigation terminal 100 and GUIs 322 to 326 representing theposition information included in the additional information areindicated, is displayed.

For example, in the case of information for a good restaurant, the GUI322 and 325 representing positions of corresponding good restaurants isindicated in the navigation map 320. In the case of coupon information,the GUI representing position of a theater (or a restaurant, and thelike) to which a coupon is to be applicable is indicated in thenavigation map 320. In addition, the GUI representing positions offriends collected in an SNS is indicated in the navigation map 320.

In FIG. 4B, the GUIs 322 and 325 are indicated at the positions of thegood restaurants as “good restaurant” and the GUI 324 is indicated atthe position of the theater in which a coupon is to be applicable as“coupon”. However, the indication is only an example and the GUIs 322,324, and 325 may be indicated as a photo image. Similarly, the GUIs 323and 326 indicated at the positions of the friends may be indicated as“friend”.

The GUI 322 indicated at the position of the recommended restaurant isselected in the navigation map 320, as shown in FIG. 4C, and a menu322-1 is displayed. The menu 322-1 indicates detailed informationrelated to the recommended restaurant and a button for searching a routeto the recommended restaurant.

When the detailed information is selected in the menu 322-1, as shown inFIG. 4D, a UI 330 for indicating the detailed information for theselected good restaurant is displayed. For example, the detailedinformation may include a photo image, a name, business hours, menuprices, a position, an applicable coupon of the recommended restaurant,and information for visited friends.

The photo image, name, business hours, menu prices, and position arecollected in an application of a recommended restaurant by the userterminal 200 and the applicable coupon is collected in an application ofa coupon by the user terminal 200.

The “view coupon information” is selected in the UI 330 by the user, thenavigation system 100 may request detailed information for the coupon tothe user terminal 200 and receive and display the detailed informationfor the coupon including applicable date and discount price.

The information for the visited friend is information collected in anapplication of an SNS and may be collected through position informationuploaded by the friends. The information for visited friends mayindicate an IDentification (ID) of the SNS of the friend who hasuploaded the position information and a time (that is, a visit time of acorresponding position) in which the corresponding information isuploaded.

Thus, the user terminal 200 may combine common information among thecollected additional information and transmit the common information tothe navigation system 100. When there is no overlapping information, asshown in FIG. 4D, the detailed information may include only informationcollected in the application of the good restaurant.

A route search is selected in the menu 322-1, as shown in FIG. 4E, anavigation screen 340 configured to guide a route to the position of therecommended restaurant is displayed. Direction information and distanceinformation 341 are also indicated in a region of the navigation screen340.

When the GUI 326 representing the position of a friend is selected inthe navigation map 320, as shown in FIG. 4F, a menu 322-6 is displayed.The menu 322-6 indicates detailed information for the friend and abutton for searching a route to the position of the friend.

When the detailed information is selected in the menu 322-6, as shown inFIG. 4G, the GUI 330 configured to display the detailed information forthe selected friend is displayed. For example, as the detailedinformation, a photo image, an ID, and personal information of thefriend, and a time in which corresponding position information isuploaded (that is, a visit time of a corresponding place), and text maybe displayed. The detailed additional information is informationcollected through an application for an SNS by the user terminal 200.

When the route search is selected in the menu 322-6, as shown in FIG.4H, the navigation screen 360 configured to guide the route to theposition of the friend is displayed. Direction information and distanceinformation 361 are also indicated in a region of the navigation screen360.

A menu (not shown) for displaying the distance information may bedisplayed in a region of the navigation map 320 as shown in FIG. 4B.When a corresponding menu (not shown) is selected by the user, as shownin FIG. 4I, a UI screen 370 including a current position 321 of thenavigation system 100 and distance information to each position 322 to326 is displayed.

In addition, time information related to addition information may bedisplayed in the UI screen.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4I, the operating time such as “CGVtheater, 11:00 AM-24:00 PM” and “Taco Shop, 10:00 AM-20:00 PM” may bedisplayed together with the position information. In addition, timeinformation in which position information is to be uploaded to an SNS,such as “ABC park, 18:45 PM, 19:25 PM” and “The Hotel, 17:35 PM”, may beindicated together with the position information.

“Steak House, 19:75 PM” denotes time information in which a friend whichvisits the good restaurant has uploaded the corresponding goodrestaurant.

FIG. 5 illustrates a navigation method according to an embodiment of thepresent invention. In particular, FIG. 5 illustrates a navigation methodof a navigation system that is interlocked with a user terminal.

Additional information satisfying a condition is received based on acurrent position of a user terminal in step S510. The condition may besatisfied when the distance between the current position of the userterminal and the position corresponding to the additional information iswithin a distance range.

Then, a position corresponding to the additional information isindicated on a navigation map in step S520.

Specifically, the additional information may be displayed at a positioncorresponding to the additional information.

A process of displaying a UI including information for a distancebetween a current position of the user interface and the positioncorresponding to the additional information based on a user command isfurther included.

In addition, a process of receiving a selection command for the positioncorresponding to the additional information displayed on the navigationmap and a process of displaying a navigation screen configured to guidea route to the position corresponding to the additional informationdirection may be further included.

In step S510, the additional information may further include timeinformation related to the additional information, in which the timeinformation is present within a time range based on a current time.

In step S510, the additional information may be collected in at leastone of an SNS and a specific web site by the user terminal. Theadditional information including the position information pre-stored inthe user terminal and provided by the user among the positioninformation collected in an SNS may be received.

A detailed description and illustration for the embodiments have beenmade and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 6 illustrates an information providing method according to anembodiment of the present invention. In particular, FIG. 6 illustratesan information providing method of a user terminal that is interlockedwith a navigation system.

A position of the user terminal is searched in step S610. Then,additional information satisfying a condition is searched based on theposition information in step S620. The additional information satisfyingthe condition is information in which the distance between a currentposition of the user terminal and a position corresponding to theadditional information is within the distance range.

The searched additional information is than transmitted to thenavigation system in step S630.

In step S620, the additional information may further include timeinformation related to the additional information, in which the timeinformation present within a time range based on a current time may befurther searched.

The additional information may include position information collected inat least one of an SNS and a specific web site. The additionalinformation including the position information pre-stored in the userterminal and provided by the user among the position informationcollected in the SNS may be further searched.

The description and illustration for the embodiments have been made andthus will not be repeated.

A program for executing the navigation method and the informationproviding method according to the above-described various embodimentsmay be recorded in various types of recording media and used.

Specifically, a program code for executing the navigation method and theimage processing method may be stored in various types of recordingmedia readable by a terminal such as a Random Access Memory (RAM), aflash memory, a Read Only Memory (ROM), an Erasable Programmable ROM(EPROM), an Electronically Erasable and Programmable ROM (EEPROM), aregister, a hard disc, a removable disc, a memory card, a USB memory,and a Compact Disc ROM (CD-ROM).

The foregoing embodiments and advantages are merely and are not to beconstrued as limiting the present inventive concept. The embodiments canbe readily applied to other types of apparatuses. Also, the descriptionof the embodiments is intended to be illustrative, and not to limit thescope of the claims, and many alternatives, modifications, andvariations will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for providing information in anavigation terminal from a mobile terminal in a moving vehicle, themethod comprising: transmitting, by the navigation terminal to themobile terminal, a current position of the navigation terminal;receiving, by the navigation terminal from the mobile terminal,information associated with a location within a predefined distance fromthe current position, the information being stored in the mobileterminal; displaying, in the navigation terminal, a first object at aposition of the location on a navigation map; and if the first object onthe navigation map is selected, displaying a second object for providingadditional information associated with the location based on theinformation associated with the location received from the mobileterminal.
 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:displaying a User Interface (UI) including information for a distancebetween a current position of the mobile terminal and the location. 3.The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: receiving aselection command for the location; and displaying a route to thelocation on the navigation map.
 4. The method as claimed in claim 1,wherein the information associated with the location further includestime information related to the information associated with thelocation, and the received information includes information based on asearch for information within a time range based on a current time. 5.The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information associatedwith the location includes position information collected from adatabase including at least one of a Social Network Service (SNS) and aspecific web site by the mobile terminal.
 6. The method as claimed inclaim 5, wherein the information associated with the location includesposition information pre-stored in the mobile terminal among theposition information collected from the SNS.
 7. A method of providinginformation to a navigation terminal from a mobile terminal in a movingvehicle, the method comprising: receiving, from the navigation terminal,a current position of the navigation terminal; and transmitting, to thenavigation terminal, information associated with a location within apredefined distance from the mobile terminal, the information beingstored in the mobile terminal, wherein the navigation terminal displaysa first object at a position of the location on a navigation map and, ifthe first object on the navigation map is selected, a second object forproviding additional information associated with the location based onthe information associated with the location received from the mobileterminal is displayed on the navigation map.
 8. The method as claimed inclaim 7, wherein the information associated with the location furtherincludes time information related to the information associated with thelocation, and wherein time information of the information associatedwith the location is based on a search for information within a timerange on the basis of a current time.
 9. The method as claimed in claim7, wherein the information associated with the location includesposition information collected from a database including at least one ofa Social Network Service (SNS) and a specific web site by the mobileterminal, and wherein the information includes position informationpre-stored in the mobile terminal among the position informationcollected from the SNS.
 10. A navigation terminal which is incommunication with a mobile terminal, the navigation terminalcomprising: a display; a memory; a communication interface whichtransmits a current location of the navigation terminal to the mobileterminal and receives information associated with a location within apredefined distance from the current position, the information beingstored in the mobile terminal; and a controller which controls thedisplay to provide a first object at a position of the location on anavigation map, and, if the first object is selected, displaying asecond object for providing additional information associated with thelocation based on the information associated with the location receivedfrom the mobile terminal.
 11. The navigation terminal as claimed inclaim 10, wherein the controller further controls the display to displaya User Interface (UI) including information indicating a distancebetween the current position of the navigation terminal and thelocation.
 12. The navigation terminal as claimed in claim 10, whereinthe controller further controls the display to display a route to thelocation on the navigation map when a selection command for the locationis input.
 13. The navigation terminal as claimed in claim 10, whereinthe information associated with the location further includes timeinformation related to the information associated with the location, andwherein the time information is based on a search for information withina time range based on a current time.
 14. The navigation terminal asclaimed in claim 10, wherein the information associated with thelocation includes position information collected from at least one of aSocial Network Service (SNS) and a specific web site by the mobileterminal.
 15. The navigation terminal as claimed in claim 14, whereinthe communication interface receives the information associated with thelocation including position information pre-stored in the mobileterminal among the position information collected from the SNS.
 16. Amobile terminal which provides information to a navigation terminal, themobile terminal comprising: a terminal communication interface; amemory; and a controller which receives, via the terminal communicationinterface from the navigation terminal, a current position of thenavigation terminal, and transmits, via the terminal communicationinterface, information associated with a location within a predefineddistance from the mobile terminal, the information being stored in thememory, wherein the navigation terminal displays a first object at aposition of the location on a navigation map and, if the first object onthe navigation map is selected, a second object for providing additionalinformation associated with the location based on the informationassociated with the location received from the mobile terminal isdisplayed on the navigation map.
 17. The mobile terminal as claimed inclaim 16, wherein the information associated with the location furtherincludes time information related to the information associated with thelocation, and wherein the time information is based on a search forinformation within a time range on the basis of a current time.
 18. Themobile terminal as claimed in claim 16, wherein the informationassociated with the location includes position information collectedfrom a database including at least one of a Social Network Service (SNS)and a specific web site by the mobile terminal, and wherein thecontroller searches the information associated with the locationincluding position information pre-stored in the mobile terminal amongthe position information collected from the SNS.